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General Exhortation On National Frauds And Drunken Vice
The Monitor laments universal extravagance and venality across the nation focusing on the lower ranks. It argues corruption, riotous living, and drunkenness threaten social order and the state without frugal government, warning farmers face theft and beggary as laborers choose idleness over work. It notes low harvests and high wages as factors elevating corn prices and condemns mutinous dispositions as rooted in want of subjection rather than need.